Dot Slash Magic by Shipton, Liz

Notes on the Work ADDED BY THE NAC AT THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR. When Seven Jones is blackmailed back to community college after years of drifting, the last thing she expects to stumble into is an underground world of magic. Suddenly surrounded by a secret society of spell-slingers, Seven discovers a hidden side of herself – and a power she can barely control. Struggling to rein it in, she uncovers a dangerous shortcut, a cheat no one else dares to use. It works… but at a terrible cost. When a fellow student turns up dead and monsters begin stalking…